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Jim Raynor Loses Something Important
Posted 21st Aug 2008 12:15 AM by Leord
My friend MedievalDragon over at BlizzPlanet.com has some additional revelation to Jim Raynor, beside the fact that he looks very high resolutioned in the single player screenshots, he will have lost a great portion of the StarCraft I version: His voice. More after the jump.
MedievalDragon: Jim Raynor, however, lost one odd that couldn’t be beaten: Blizzard. A year ago, at BlizzCon 2007, the Starcraft 2 team panels revealed that a new voice actor was given a casting to perform as Jim Raynor. This however is not the Jim Raynor’s voice that we know and love for the past ten years. No.
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Glynnis Talken reprised her role as Sarah Kerrigan the Queen of Blades in Starcraft 2. The same should have been done with Robert Clotworthy for his role as Jim Raynor. I will play Starcraft 2 regardless with the new voice actor. But there will be a stake buried deep in my mind permanently ... that is no longer Jim Raynor. That’s someone else. Every time I play the Starcraft 2 Single Player campaign ... it will echo within my mind: “That is not the Jim Raynor I have known for ten years.”
Robert Clotworthy informed Blizzplanet the following:
I just found out today that I will not be returning as the voice of Jim Raynor. The casting director of Starcraft 2 contacted Blizzard and was told that they appreciated my work, but were going in another direction. I am obviously disappointed by their decision. I was looking forward to returning as Raynor and was hoping that Blizzard would at the very least have given me the opportunity of auditioning.
It has been my privilege to have been the voice of Jim Raynor. I am disappointed by Blizzard’s decision, but I must respect it. I wish Blizzard only the best with StarCraft 2, and I am certain the game will live up to everyone’s expectations. Thank you to all the fans who have given me their support and enthusiasm, it means a lot to me.
Robert Clotworthy
You can read MD’s short editorial on it here. What do you think, will it be better or worse with the new voice actor?
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If I click on Raynor in SC2 and he says "This is Jimmy.", I’ll be hard pressed not to yell LIAR!
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If I click on Raynor in SC2 and he says "This is Jimmy.", I’ll be hard pressed not to yell LIAR!
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Damn… I knew something was amiss when watching the SP demo, but I kept thinking about the face and didn’t realize that the voice is all different.
I will get used to it, though, as I got used to the new face of Max Payne.
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Damn… I knew something was amiss when watching the SP demo, but I kept thinking about the face and didn’t realize that the voice is all different.
I will get used to it, though, as I got used to the new face of Max Payne.
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It’s a shame that Clotworthy won’t be returning as the voice for Jimmy, however I can’t say that I’m too heartbroken over it. To be honest, I never really paid attention to the voices of the characters instead more on what they had to say.
It’ll be hard to not to notice the difference when StarCraft II is released though.
[QUOTE=King Ju Ju;6016]They must have also decided to not rehire the hair follicles which portrayed his uni-brow.
Now we need two petitions. 
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All I’m saying is: If there is a petition to keep Clotworthy as Jimmy, I am signing it!